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Technlogy plays a part as i can read to my grandchildren who live far away in new zealand using skype, just like being in the same room with them. magical.

It certainly hasn't changed for me and DGS, the sheer delight of cuddling up anytime, and especially at bedtime, with a proper book can't be beaten.
I expect that as he grows up we'll be exploring how to use technology to expand his horizons (and mine!) but for now tradition rules

I think it is even more important to read a story at bedtime. Put down the ipad. Turn off the tv & all games & sit on their bed & enjoy the quiet time.

We cannot keep grand children away from technology and I would not try, I know my grand daughter will be teaching me a thing or two soon and she is not yet 2 years! BUT you cannot beat cuddling up on an armchair together with a proper paper book and that is how I intend to keep it.

No - nothing beats an old fashioned book. We love trips to the library and to the bookshop. However I offered order them books online as they are very good offers about. I also like reading the reviews online, and seek new releases they'll enjoy.

I read books to my grandchildren, it's part or their bed-time routine when they stay with me. They like ones that have sounds, lift the flaps and pop ups. My Grandson has autism, he always wants the same books over and over. This thread has made me think, perhaps a kindle would inspire him to expand his reading. He loves having the subtitles on when watching television.

My grandaughters all love reading. The older ones now read on their own but still enjoy being read to. The four year old is deparate to read and just loves being read to. The year old loves holding the card books while you tell her about the pictures. They all look at pictures on the iPad and iPhones but don't read from them. It's all games. I hope they continue with proper books but I can see the advantages of electronic readers, especially if weight is an issue.

It is great to snuggle up and read a 'proper' book but, like suelowe, I have grandchildren abroad. A lovely idea, and good use of technology, is to have two copies of a favourite book and read 'together' using Skype, Facetime or Google Hangouts.

Nothing has changed, from the two x 2 years old to the 8 and 11 year old they still like to snuggle on the sofa with Grandma and read old favourites or new discoveries. The older ones have iPads or similar but all like to read paper books.

Find Dgs still loves a snuggle and a paper book at bed time, although enjoys the iPad at other times. Reading to a child is about far more than the story in my opinion.

I only see my grandchildren , abroad , 3/4 times a year and would love to read to them ALL day , but there is rarely time for a single book a day .

Technology hasn't changed the way we read with the grandchildren. I think they see computers as something to play games on, but still love to read a real book.

Definitely not-I still read books to my grandson,cuddled up on the sofa.The experience cannot be beaten in my opinion!My older grandson (15) had a Kindle for Christmas 2 or 3 years ago but is still always seen with a book in his hand or by his side.
Books are special because they have a smell,texture,pictures to linger over and create a bond between child and adult.

I love technology but I love books more. Reading a book means the child is close, looking at pictures, turning pages, opening flaps joining in with familiar phrases - whatever - everything goes at their own pace including turning back the pages and repeating their favourite bits and then starting again!

There's nothing better than cuddling up on the bed and reading a storybook at bedtime.
Although my grandchildren are much older now and read for themselves I still like to read to them especially when they are poorly and I have been called in to babysit!

I love reading to my grandchildren - nothing better than cuddling up with a book. We also enjoy visits to the library .. to choose books and story time for the two year old.

My autistic grandson has difficulty with speech and language. Thanks to apps on his iPad - he's able to use pictorial representation for words (PECS) which has made communication much easier.

I am so glad that my DS and DIL who both work in the computer/tech field have taken a more traditional approach with my Grandchildren. The house is full of their children's books of every type.
The joy for me is that I love reading myself, and every new book they receive is met with boundless enthusiasm, I needn't have worried that electronic toys or kiddie e-readers would have taken the place of books, and I could shout from the rooftops how pleased I am !!!

I'm sure in the future we will embrace the technology, but for now its definitely colourful books with my 2yr 4 month old GS. we read all the time. In the summer in the garden under the cherry tree or on the garden swing. We have even been known to sit on the stair together reading a favorite book. He loves a bit of piece and quite away from his 10 month old brother. So started to 'read' his books sitting in the bottom of his wardrobe . So gran gets in too! our own little Narnia.
With the little one we point out animals shapes colours etc
As part of bath time we have 'bath books '. Don't think technology has got as far as that yet .

Looking forward to reading with GC using technology but think it might be GCs reading to us

Many of the books now are much noisier!

Technology has not changed how I read with my grandchildren as all of the activities we share seem to remain paper-based and the reading gets integrated into them. Technology can not help us when we spend time cutting out and sticking words and pictures into a scrap book, it does not help us when we paint pictures and words onto paper, it does not help when we read the instructions to make masks and other cut outs and it does not help when we read a recipe together as we make cakes. Technology also does not help when my three year old granddaughter takes a book and copies sounds and words that she has heard me read to her over and over again, so all in all, technology has its place, but paper activities offer so many more opportunities to read for fun.

Both my grandchildren aged 2 and 4 love to get a book out for me to read to them. They obviously like the illustrated books yet as they can visualise the story whilst I'm reading it to them. The 4 year old will not go to sleep until she's had a story read to her so NO I don't think that technology will take over.

To be honest, I don't think it has. My grandchildren do love their Ipad and their apps, but when it comes to me reading to them I still use the same books I read to their parents when they were little. Our favourites are A Year & a Day by Monica Furlong, and Matilda by Roald Dahl.
Reading to my grandchildren is one of my lifes greatest treasures, and nothing could ever change that. Ipads and kindles are great, but a plain and simple book is a pleasure and a treasure! x

Technology has definitely had a slight impact on the way bedtime stories are read. A traditional paper book is still the best, but a laptop / tablet / smartphone can be used as an equally effective substitute. Illustrations from ebooks can still be shown in the same way, but the great thing about technology is that we now can have sound effects - either as part of an audio book, or a separate program. You can even have animation - there are several professionally made animate book releases, but with programs like 'story maker' or 'powerpoint', you could even make your own. That is a great way to really bring a story alive.

It's not changed reading fiction, but definitely non-fiction.
Anything factual will be looked up on the laptop, before looking at the books I have.
I still have all the David Attenborough Life on Earth and Web of Life books, but my grandson was not interested in them until he saw Attenborough discussing climate change with Barack Obama.
All four of my grandchildren enjoy reading fiction. Christmas and birthdays would not be the same without books. This year the 22 year old will be buying her own, because she is training to be an English teacher and has a book list so is getting book tokens.
Saturate them with books, and they will always enjoy reading. Even my grandson, who gets Lord of the Rings out every morning, and he's as interested as I am to find out what happens next.